Abstract
Optical visualization of pathological changes in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can facilitate exploration of disease mechanisms and treatments. However, existing optical imaging methods have limitations on mapping pathological evolution in the whole mouse brain. Previous research indicated endogenous fluorescence contrast of senile plaques. Therefore, we develop cryo-micro-optical sectioning tomography (cryo-MOST) to capture intrinsic fluorescence distribution of senile plaques at a micrometer-level resolution in the whole brain. Validation using immunofluorescence demonstrates the capacity of cryo-MOST to visualize and distinguish senile plaques with competent sensitivity and spatial resolution. Compared with imaging in room temperature, cryo-MOST provides better signal intensity and signal-to-noise ratio. Using cryo-MOST, we obtained whole-brain coronal distribution of senile plaques in a transgenic mouse without exogenous dye. Capable of label-free brainwide visualization of Alzheimer’s pathology, cryo-MOST may be potentially useful for understanding neurodegenerative disease mechanisms and evaluating drug efficacy.
© 2017 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Alex C. Kwan, Karen Duff, Gunnar K. Gouras, and Watt W. Webb
Opt. Express 17(5) 3679-3689 (2009)
Song Hu, Ping Yan, Konstantin Maslov, Jin-Moo Lee, and Lihong V. Wang
Opt. Lett. 34(24) 3899-3901 (2009)
Sandeep Chakraborty, Sheng-Tse Chen, Yang-Ting Hsiao, Ming-Jang Chiu, and Chi-Kuang Sun
Biomed. Opt. Express 11(2) 571-585 (2020)